investigation. at approximately 3:12 this afternoon fbi agent safely recovered the child who has been held hostage for nearly a week. within the past 24-hours negotiations deteriorated and mr. dykes was observed holding a gun. at this point fbi agents fearing the child was in eminent danger entered the bunker and rescued the child. the child appears physically unharmed and is being treated at a local hospital. the subject is deceased. the resolution in this matter is a direct result of extraordinary collaboration between law enforcement at all levels. the exhausted efforts and dedication of this community s law enforcement is truly exemplary. i want to thank everyone in this community that has supported us through out the past few days. i know there are several
thread. the little boy as asberger s syndrome and adhd medication is reportedly getting to him. what about the effects of medication on this little boy now a week of this? this is important for mr. dykes to understand as well. it can t be overestimated the effects. this is is a catastrophic event in this child s life. even though he too the fact that he has been abducted, kept from his loved ones, these are events that can resonate the rest of this child s life. it s best that this moment. this instant if possible that by the way mr. dykes remain on the planet. not do himself. in not engage in pitched battle with law enforcement after he let s relatively crime.
[ .] martha: it s day 7 of this hostage standoff we have been watching. a 5-year-old little boy in a bunker. the fbi has delivered hot wheels cars and cheese-its to the little boy in this awful, awful situation he s in. we have new information about the suspect. 65-year-old jimmy lee dykes is the manner. traight this situation. elizabeth, what is the latest on this man? reporter: the standoff continues. we just witnessed another sunrise that little boy did not
u.s. it was not bauer kwral fit for a king. we will tell you more about who researchers say these skeletal remains belong to. first, fox news alert out of alabama, where we re awaiting a news conference any moment now in midland city, alabama, day seven of that standoff with 66-year-old jimmy lee dykes. police say he s holding a five-year-old boy hostage in his underground bunker, tha bunker on his property. the f.b.i. apparently according to what we heard dropping cheese-its and hot wheel toys down a pipe after the little boy asked for them yesterday. we are learning that there are drones flying over this home-made bunker. dykes is accused of killing a school bus driver last tuesday, then grabbing the little boy off the bus. the bus driver was laid to rest yesterday and he is being called a hero for trying to protect the children. you can follow the news conference again, not starting yet, but we expect it at any moment at foxnews.com.
because here this gunman barges on the bus demanding hostages takes a kid into an under ground bunker and the more we find out about him neighbors saying jimmy lee dykes was paranoid harbored all of these anti government views. he threatened neighbors he threatened with a gun any one who would get near his property. it sounded like this was a very violent man. the situation did not lock booe look good. the longer this went on with no reports of any violence by all accounts jimmy lee dykes was caring for, this is the term law enforce am used, caring for that little boy as best as possible allowing them to deliver medication, allowing them to deliver toys. this suggested that his hostage was somehow becoming humanized, that he was regarding this little boy as a human being. many of us were thinking okay